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TIL New Zealand is free from Rabies.

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loyNN TIL your body will dissolve loose pieces of bone in your body after a fracture
4NOa TIL That Lewis and Clark’s sexual relations while traveling often lead to syphilis. The two would treat themselves with mercury to curb the disease, leading to archeologists being able to pinpoint the location of Travelers Rest (campsite) due to the mercury in the soil.
0DVM TIL the 2020 Olympics will take place in Tokyo, as predicted in the manga Akira in 1982
8r6b TIL of a chemical so malodorous that opening a container of it can cause people hundreds of yards away to notice within seconds. A soapmaker reported that diluting it seemed to make the smell worse, calling it “fearful”.
wEY1 TIL in 1922, Americans were consuming 1 million Eskimo Pies a day that resulted in the rise of the cost of cocoa beans by 50% and single handily lifted Ecuador’s economy out of a depression